As Greater Manchester was battered by 70mph winds last night dozens of flights into the airport were making heavy weather of the landing.

While motorways ground to a halt, trains were cancelled and trees came down across the city, Manchester Airport remained open for business and this Boeing 757 was caught on video landing in heavy cross winds.

At the height of the storm, firefighters pleaded with the public to only call in life-threatening emergencies after being inundated with more than 100 calls an hour.

Today as Manchester set to work cleaning up after the storm, homeowners were left counting the cost with damage to roofs and trees down and homes damaged in Ashton, Wythenshawe , Chadderton , Sale and Urmston .

The forecast for the next 24 hours is calmer if chilly, but there will be no return of high winds